Origin of the name GUNNAR.
Etymology of the
name GUNNAR.
Meaning of the baby name GUNNAR.

GUNNAR. Old
Norse name meaning "warrior," from gunn (war) and her
"warrior." Also spelled Gunnarr.
In
the Njal Saga, Gunnar is the husband of Hallgerda, the haughty dame
whose virulence is the cause of all the vengeance and counter-vengeance of
the story. (History of Christian Names, Yonge, 1884).